June 04, 2006

You Know You're a Political Junkie When...

...you see the headline Cloned mules win preliminary races in Nev. and you start thinking -- I didn't know that the Nevada primary had already happened! And who voted for cloned mules? Maybe some yellow-dog Democrats?

The story is actually about mule racing. Well, they're descended from donkeys, so it's all good.

In wet heat Texas like Beaumont? or dry hot Texas like El Paso? I have spent mercifully short periods in each and come to the conclusion of most people I know who were born in Texas. "It is a great place to be FROM"

(And citizens of Austin I apologize, I know that the balance of weather, bars, music and politics make that one city not only livable but actually inviting. But then again you are surrounded by the rest of Texas.)

Austin, actually. And yes, it's a wonderful place. I don't have my wet/dry sense properly calibrated, having lived 10 years in steamy North Carolina -- it seems dry to me but other people say otherwise.

I'm a Californian transplanted to DC, and surprisingly at peace with it. Or at least I was till it started getting colder. Job-wise, I'm the staff writer for The American Prospect. In the past, I've written for the Washington Monthly, the LA Weekly, The LA Times, The New Republic, Slate, The New York Sun, and the Gadflyer. I'm a damn good cook. No, really. Want to know more? E-mail, I'm friendly.